Direct injury to the cervical spine of a child by a lap-shoulder belt resulting in quadriplegia: Case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 747-749

  Lynch, James M ^a   Meza, M P ^a   Pollack, Ian F ^a   Adelson, P David ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cord injury; Cervical injury; Laryngeal fracture; Seat belt injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEATBELT INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029908286     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199610000-00026     Document Type: Article

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